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| heruca |
 Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:27 am Post subject:
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Actually, scratch that. I decided to take a stab at this right away, since I will need to find a fix to this issue that works for ALL Mac users.
Download the attached file, unzip it, and place it in your BRPG folder, overwriting the original BRPG executable/app. Then delete your Xtras folder (or move it someplace else for safekeeping, should you need it again).
Let me know if it works, as I have no way of testing it (other than ensuring it launches).
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| heruca |
| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:41 am Post subject:
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Welcome, Badblade.
After BRPG v1.6i is released (probably tomorrow), I will see if I can compile a new BRPG executable for the Mac that has the Xtras folder embedded within it. That should address the problem.
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| Badblade |
| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:17 am Post subject:
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Hey Heruca,
Both of those solutions failed. Using 10.5.8, and I did the full install. I wish I were more of a tech-nerd... I have no idea what to try next.
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| heruca |
| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:37 pm Post subject:
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And if that fails, try this and let me know if that is a working solution.
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| heruca |
| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:10 pm Post subject:
Re: Shockwave Files |
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| badblade: |
| The image above looks like it may be from an older OS. |
The image was taken while running Mac OS X v10.5.8.
What version are you running? Snow Leopard?
The above-mentioned fix is the only solution I ma currently aware of. It will probably work for you, if we can figure out exactly where the files need to go.
Search your computer for a folder or folders called "Macromedia" or "Shockwave 10". That should give you a good starting point in your search for the correct location.
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| badblade |
| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:07 pm Post subject:
Shockwave Files |
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I take it there is still no resolution? I can't get the software working at all on my Mac.
I have tried downloading those Shockwave files, but I can't seem to figure out where they go. The image above looks like it may be from an older OS. I have pasted them all over the place, but I just keep getting the same error.
Help! 
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| heruca |
| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:22 am Post subject:
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I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that yet. It's possible that a future security update will fix this, but I'm not holding my breath.
One of the things I've always liked about Battlegrounds was the simplicity of installing it; just unzip the download and you're ready to go (i.e., no need for additional frameworks like Java, Python, or .NET). So you can imagine that I'm less than thrilled with this development.
The more information that users post here the better. Perhaps this issue only affects a small minority of users. Perhaps only certain OS X versions are affected. Perhaps future versions of OS X won't be affected.
I've noticed that Director-created apps that don't use an external Xtras folder still run fine even after installing the security update, so it's possible that I can get around this issue by repackaging BRPG in such a way that it doesn't use an external Xtras folder.
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| Badblade |
| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:23 am Post subject:
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Is Battlegrounds going to be adapted to this issue? My gamers... aren't the most technically savvy. Having to start recovering Shockwave files and so on... is probably going to be the death of Battlegrounds for us.
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| Omnidon |
| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:27 pm Post subject:
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Bumped this up to a Global Announcement.
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| heruca |
| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject:
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Here you go. Point your players to this thread so they can see where these files need to be placed.
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| markuwp |
| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:53 am Post subject:
Please post mac files |
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| heruca: |
In the meantime, if anyone needs the older Macromedia/Shockwave files, let me know and I can send them via email, or post them here on the forums. |
Can you please post the older files that still work with BRPG? I use a PC, but a couple of my players are on Macs and having trouble. Thanks.
Mark
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| heruca |
| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:04 pm Post subject:
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Any info in the patch notes about how you might make BG compatible with the new version?
Or any news from Adobe about it? |
I did a few google searches and came up blank. I'll try again in a few days. If this affects all Director MX-based apps that use an "Xtras" folder, I suspect someone will find a better fix eventually. Completely self-contained apps (those that don't use an "Xtras" folder) don't seem to be affected by the latest OS X security update.
In the meantime, if anyone needs the older Macromedia/Shockwave files, let me know and I can send them via email, or post them here on the forums.
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| Omnidon |
| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject:
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Yeah Adobe broke one of my favorite point-and-click adventure games the same way a long time ago.
Whenever I try to launch that game it complains that it can't find Quicktime, because it was designed for an older version of Quicktime and Adobe had changed the directory structure of the new version.
| heruca: |
| However, if this latest security patch from Apple is going to "break" BRPG for all Mac OS X users, I'm in for a world of hurt. |
Any info in the patch notes about how you might make BG compatible with the new version?
Or any news from Adobe about it?
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| heruca |
| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:49 pm Post subject:
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Whew! Got BRPG working again by restoring the three files shown highlighted below. The location to where these reside is also shown (in the popup menu).
However, if this latest security patch from Apple is going to "break" BRPG for all Mac OS X users, I'm in for a world of hurt.
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| heruca |
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 7:26 pm Post subject:
 Attention Mac users! |
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I just started having a serious problem with Battlegrounds after installing the latest Security Patch for Mac OS X. Now, every time I launch ANY version of BRPG, I get the error shown in the attached pic, and regardless of which button I press, BRPG fails to launch.
I was wondering if any other Mac OS X users reading this have already installed the latest security patch? If so, are you having the same problem when trying to launch BRPG, or is this only happening to me? I'm going to see if I can restore my computer to it's prior state before applying the security patch.
I am running Mac OS X v10.5.8, btw.
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